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Spirit in the Sky: Best of Norman Greenbaum
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Track Listing
- Spirit in the Sky
- California Earthquake
- Lucille Got Stealed
- Canned Ham
- Tars of India
- Marcy
- Hook and Ladder
- Rhode Island Red
- Junior Cadillac
- Skyline
- Jubilee
- Milk Cow
- Back Home Again
- Titfield Thunder
- Damper
- I.J. Foxx
- Petaluma
- Country Lad
- Day the Well Went Dry
- Jigsaw
- Weird
- Daddy I Know
- Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys and Bum
- Day They Sold Beer in Church
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #35943 in Music
- Released on: 2001-04-10
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Import
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
1997 collection on Repertoire with 24 vital hits, including top five 1970 smash 'Spirit In The Sky', plus 'The Day They Sold Beer In Church', 'California Earthquake', 'Canned Ham','Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys And Bum', theB-sides 'Jigsaw' & 'Daddy I Know' and more!
Album Details
His Classic 1970 Sngle, 'Sprit in the Sky', Got to Number Three in the Us Billboard Chart and Was a Resounding Hit around the World. 24 Tracks, Including Such Unforgettable and Improbable Items as 'California Earthquake', 'Canned Ham', and More.
Customer Reviews
Great Album!
Love it! The beats and riffs are catchy. Hardly even listen to 'Spirit' anymore and still enjoy the album.
norman greebaum spirit in the sky
It tak`s me back some years.Great to relax to.
NOT YOU'RE EVERYDAY ONE HIT WONDER
I got this cd a couple years ago because I've always had a guilty pleasure for the song "SPIRIT IN THE SKY", which was heavily played on am radio when I was in highschool. It was a way overplayed hit back then that everybody eventually grew tired of, and it finally faded away. I also vaguely remembered his other single "CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE", which was a minor hit for about 5 minutes. But it was "SPIRIT IN THE SKY", with it's fuzzy guitar tone and the hand clapping rhythm that I found myself missing after all these years. To my surprise, after playing this album, I found Greenbaum to be an excellent songwriter. I expected to hear a lot of that Spirit in the Sky sound on here. But instead, this album has more of a country rock sound to it, with songs like "CANNED HAM", the hook laden "HOOK AND LADDER" (shoulda been another single), "DADDY I KNOW", with a great sounding fiddle, and a song that begs for a listen "THE DAY THEY SOLD BEER IN CHURCH". He even offers a little R&B sound with "JUNIOR CADILLAC", and a little gospel with "JUBILEE". And you get a few psychedelic rockers thrown in for good measure. This Best Of cd has a lot to offer with all his singles, b-sides, and rarities included. And there's not a clanker in the bunch. I think Norman Greenbaum, with his songwriting talents, could have been a big star. But he quit the music business for good in 1972 at the height of his popularity, and never looked back. For me, this album was a great trip down memory lane, and a pleasant surprise to boot!
